BACKGROUND Echinococcus multilocularis causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and is widely prevalent in Qinghai Province, China, where a number of different species have been identified as hosts. However, limited information is available on the Qinghai vole (Lasiopodomys fuscus), which is hyper endemic to Qinghai Province and may represent a potential intermediate host of E. multilocularis. Thus,...

Information on the occurrence, diversity and economic losses due to Eimeria infection on cattle farms is lacking in Western Iran. The principal aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and diversity of Eimeria species in cattle in Hamedan province, Western Iran. In a cross-sectional study performed from June 2010 to April 2013, 400 faecal samples were collected randomly from animals wi...

The aquatic parasite usually classified in six groups include Protozoa (Phylum Rhizopoda, Phylum Mastigophora, Phylum Ciliophora, Phylum Myxozoa, Phylum Microspora, Phylum Apicomplexa), Phylum Platyhelminthes (Turbellaria, Monogene, Digenia, Cestoda), Phylum Nematoda, Phylum Acanthocephala, Phylum Annelida and Phylum Arthropoda (Branchiura, Copepoda, Malacostraca (order Isopoda)). Because of th...

College of Food Science and Technology, H 430070, Hubei Province, P. R. China Institut für Organische Chemie, Leibniz U 30167 Hannover, Germany. E-mail: russell.c School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, C † Electronic supplementary informatio chromatographic, bioinformatic and 10.1039/c5sc04027b ‡ College of Food Science and Engine Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, P. R. Chi Cite this: Chem. Sc...

——————————————— For Correspondence: Dr Xiang Quanyong, Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University (Formerly Shanghai Medical University), Shanghai, 200032, China. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Province, China. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sihong County, Jiangsu Provinc...

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Research, Crown Bioscience Inc, Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China and New Iberia, LA, USA *Address for Correspondence: Gao Sun, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Division, Crown Bioscience Inc., 6 Beijing West Road, Science & Technology Park, Taicang Economic Development Area, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China 215400, Tel: +86-138-622-78837/ +86-512-538-79828...

From the Department of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China. Address correspondence to: Dr. Bo-Le Tian, Department of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Guoxue Road No. 37, Wuhou Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China. E-mail: [email protected]...

There are only two species worldwide within the genus Rhipicentor, namely Rhipicentor bicornis and Rhipicentor nuttalli and both occur only in Africa. Rhipicentor nuttali has a widespread distribution in South Africa and the present investigation was initiated to elucidate its host preference, seasonality and life cycle. Rock elephant shrews, Elephantulus myurus were examined for ticks at four ...

OBJECTIVE In Zhejiang Province, there are several highly developed cities near the coast and several relatively under-developed mountain areas. Analysis of the composition of bacteria isolated from patients as well as their antibiotic resistance profile from various areas of this province, and tracing of such data year-by-year, will help to delineate the bacterial resistance profile of these ar...